CVE-2018-6196

Summary

CVE	CVE-2018-6196
State	PUBLIC
Assigner	[email protected]
Source Priority	CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published	2018-01-25 03:29:00 UTC
Updated	2023-12-29 18:38:00 UTC
Description	w3m through 0.5.3 is prone to an infinite recursion flaw in HTMLlineproc0 because the feed_table_block_tag function in table.c does not prevent a negative indent value.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-835

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language
Operating System	Canonical	Ubuntu Linux	12.04	All	All	All
Operating System	Canonical	Ubuntu Linux	14.04	All	All	All
Operating System	Canonical	Ubuntu Linux	16.04	All	All	All
Operating System	Canonical	Ubuntu Linux	17.10	All	All	All
Operating System	Canonical	Ubuntu Linux	12.04	All	All	All
Operating System	Canonical	Ubuntu Linux	14.04	All	All	All
Operating System	Canonical	Ubuntu Linux	16.04	All	All	All
Operating System	Canonical	Ubuntu Linux	17.10	All	All	All
Application	Tats	W3m	All	All	All	All
Application	W3m Project	W3m	All	All	All	All

References

Reference	Source	Link	Tags
[SECURITY] [DLA 2195-1] w3m security update	MLIST	lists.debian.org
USN-3555-2: w3m vulnerabilities \| Ubuntu security notices	UBUNTU	usn.ubuntu.com	Third Party Advisory
Prevent negative indent value in feed_table_block_tag() · tats/w3m@8354763 · GitHub	CONFIRM	github.com	Patch, Third Party Advisory
USN-3555-1: w3m vulnerabilities \| Ubuntu security notices	UBUNTU	usn.ubuntu.com	Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1142-1: moderate: Security update f	SUSE	lists.opensuse.org
infinite recursion in HTMLlineproc0 · Issue #88 · tats/w3m · GitHub	CONFIRM	github.com	Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record	CVE.ORG	www.cve.org	canonical
NVD vulnerability detail	NVD	nvd.nist.gov	canonical, analysis

No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.

Legacy QID Mappings

501271 Alpine Linux Security Update for w3m